Tag: Patient Safety

Do You Know More Than a Hospital CEO About…

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If you're a regular reader of my Lean Blog, you might know more about preventing Hospital Acquired Infections than many healthcare CEOs do, says...

Distracted Driving Deaths Distract Us from Medical Error Deaths?

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The general public still, generally speaking, doesn't realize how much preventable harm and death occurs in healthcare each year. Efforts like the Dennis Quaid...

Liveblogging the Quaid Patient Safety Documentary

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I'm blogging notes and thoughts as I watch the Discovery Channel documentary by actor Dennis Quaid and others --   "Chasing Zero: Winning the...

Dennis Quaid and Patient Safety – Upcoming Documentary

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You might be familiar with the case where the actor Dennis Quaid's twins were harmed by an overdose at the famed Cedar-Sinai Hospital in...

Lucian Leape Loathes Lean or “L.A.M.E.”?

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Noted patient safety expert Dr. Lucian Leape spoke out recently about medical school culture being a root cause of poor quality (see my blog...

Exceptional Efforts in Imperfect Circumstances – Celebrated or Lamented?

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Here's a thought starter for a Monday morning - I'm looking forward to hearing your perspectives. A few weeks ago, I heard a leader...

Guest Post: Captain Sully Talks about Lean and Healthcare Safety

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Mark's note: I am thrilled to be able to bring you this guest post from my friend and fellow lean healthcare author Naida Grunden....

Of 777s and Heart Rate Monitors

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In recent years, healthcare has been learning a lot of lessons from aviation -- including checklists and "Crew Resource Management," as written about in...

Is Medical Education a Systemic Root Cause of Poor Quality?

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I will try to be careful with this topic, since I'm obviously not a doctor. Criticism of doctors gets thrown around pretty easily around...

Teachable Moments from PRHI

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Hat tip to my friend Jack for pointing out these short videos from the Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (PRHI) that they call "Teachable Moments." The...

A Pharmacist’s Jail Cell Interview – What Good Does Blame Do?

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Here's one to ponder and comment on - does putting a pharmacist in jail for six months and ruining his career and life do...

Lean: Letting our human characteristics flourish…

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Yesterday, I was in the first day of two for John Shook's "Managing to Learn" class about A3 management here at the Lean Enterprise...
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